Josiane Balasko
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Josiane Balasko | |
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Born | Josiane Balašković 15 April 1950 Paris, France |
Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian, director, writer |
Years active | 1973–present |
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Partner(s) | Bruno Moynot (1974–1981) Philippe Berry (1982–1999) |
Children | 2, including Marilou Berry |
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Awards | César Award for Best Writing 1996 French Twist Honorary César 2000 Lifetime Achievement |
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit (
1973–1980: The beginning
Balasko began her career in 1973 and was 23 years old when she first appeared on screen, in the short L'Agression, with Patrick Bouchitey. She was in the movie L'an 01, directed by Jacques Doillon. After an absence of three years she returned to the screen in 1976 in the film The Tenant, directed by Roman Polanski, with a screenplay written by him and Gérard Brach. The movie was based on the novel written by Roland Topor.[citation needed]
Balasco career exploded in 1977, with her appearing in seven films over the course of the year. She first appeared in "Solveig et le Violon turc", with Eugène Ionesco and Dominique Lavanant. Then, she played Simone in "Une fille unique" alongside her boyfriend at the time, Bruno Moynot. She made an appearance in Animal, directed by Claude Zidi, on a screenplay written by him, Michel Audiard and Dominique Fabre. It was a big success with more than three million attendances in France, the movie was #5 in 1977 in France. She appeared in Pardon Mon Affaire, Too!, directed by Yves Robert and written by him and Jean-Loup Dabadie. The movie was also a big success with more than two million attending in France alone, and was no.8 in 1977 in France.[1]
She played Nadine in This Sweet Sickness, directed by Claude Miller, based on the novel written by Patricia Highsmith. The movie starred Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Claude Piéplu, Dominique Laffin and Christian Clavier. She also acted, under the direction of Philippe Monnier, in Monsieur Papa, in which the dialogue was written by Jean-Marie Poiré.
Balasko starred alongside Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Daniel Auteuil and Éva Darlan. Finally, she appeared (in an uncredited role) in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, directed by Vincent McEveety, written by Don Nelson. With almost three millions attendances in France and nearly 30 million worldwide, the movie was a big success.[citation needed]
In 1978, Balasko played in "Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres", with Gérard Jugnot and Thierry Lhermitte, and in "Les Petits Câlins", directed by Jean-Marie Poiré, alongside Dominique Laffin, Françoise Bertin and Gérard Jugnot. Then, she was in La Tortue sur le dos.[citation needed]
Balasko had the leading role in the comedy "Pauline et l'Ordinateur", for which she wrote the dialogue and where she acted next to
In 1979, Balasko played Emma-Ammé in one episode of the TV Mini-Series, "Les Quatre Cents Coups de Virginie", alongside
1981–1990: directing debut
1981 was very successful for Balasko. First, she played Louise in
In 1982, Balasko was in another cult movie,
In 1983, Balasko had two comedy hits.
In 1984, Balasko played a supporting role in the comedy
1990 onward
Since 1990, Balasko has enjoyed a busy career acting in numerous films in a very wide variety of roles but having an international directing success in 1995 with Gazon Maudit (
2012–present
In 2018, Balasko record a song with the rapper Mac Tyer on his album C'est la street mon pote.
In February 2019, Balasko received the Crystal Comedy Award during the 4th Festival International du Film de Comédie de Liège to reward her career.[10]
Personal life
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Bruno Moynot was her partner from 1974 until 1981. In a second union with sculptor Philippe Berry (brother of actor Richard Berry), she had a daughter, Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983), also an actress, and an adopted son, Rudy Berry (born 1988). She divorced from Philippe Berry in 1999 and married American actor George Aguilar in 2003, whom she met on the set of The Frenchman's Son in 1999.
In July 2018, Balasko's daughter Marilou Berry announced on her Instagram account that she was pregnant with her first child. Her son, Andy, was born in November 2018 and was Balasko's first grandchild.
Filmography
Actress
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | The Year 01 | ||
1976 | The Tenant | Viviane | |
An Unusual Girl | Simone | ||
1977 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! | Josy | |
This Sweet Sickness | Nadine | ||
Animal | Supermarket Girl | ||
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Uncredited | ||
Monsieur Papa | |||
1978 | French Fried Vacation | Nathalie Morin | |
The Little Wheedlers | Corinne | ||
Pauline et l'Ordinateur | Pauline | ||
Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres | A spectator | ||
Like a Turtle on Its Back | |||
1979 | French Fried Vacation 2 | Nathalie Morin | |
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears | A client | ||
1980 | Les Quatre Cents Coups de Virginie | Emma-Ammé | TV Mini-Series |
1981 | Men Prefer Fat Girls | Lydie Langlois | |
Le Maître d'école | Mrs. Lajoie | ||
Hotel America | Colette | ||
Clara et les Chics Types | Louise | ||
1982 | Santa Claus Is a Stinker
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Madame Musquin | |
1983 | Signes extérieurs de richesse | Béatrice Flamand | |
Gramps Is in the Resistance | The pharmacist | ||
1984 | P'tit Con | Rolande | |
La smala
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Simone | ||
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent | Jackie | ||
1985 | All Mixed Up | Anita | |
Slices of Life | Madame Dupuis | ||
1986 | Nuit d'ivresse | Frède | |
The Joint Brothers | Aline | ||
1987 | Lady Cops | Insp. Mireille Molineux | |
1988 | Without Fear or Blame | Handmaid | |
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale | The journalist | ||
1989 | Too Beautiful for You | Colette Chevassu | |
1991 | My Life Is Hell | Leah Lemonier | |
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck | The scientist | ||
1993 | Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents | Irène | |
Shadow of a Doubt | Sophia | ||
1994 | Dead Tired | Herself | |
1995 | French Twist | Marijo | |
1997 | Didier | Madame Massart | |
Arlette | Arlette Bathiat | ||
1998 | Un grand cri d'amour | Gigi Ortega | |
1999 | The Frenchman's Son | Suzanne | |
2000 | The Libertine | Baroness Holbach | |
Actors | André Dussollier 2 | ||
Chicken Run | Bernadette | French Voice | |
2001 | A Crime in Paradise | Lucienne Braconnier | |
Absolutely Fabulous | Edith "Eddie" Mousson | ||
2002 | The Race | Madame Jo | |
2003 | That Woman | Michèle Varin | |
2004 | Madame Édouard | Nina Tchitchi | |
2005 | The Ex-Wife of My Life | Marie-Pierre Sarrazin | |
It's Our Life! | Blanche Delhomme | ||
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed | Marguerite Duras | ||
2006 | French Fried Vacation 3 | Nathalie Morin | |
David Nolande | Sofia | TV series (1 Episode) | |
2007 | The Red Inn | Rose Martin | |
The Key | Michèle Varin | ||
2008 | A French Gigolo | Irène | |
Ruby Blue | Stéphanie | ||
A Day at the Museum | Mother in Chanel | ||
Françoise Dolto, le désir de vivre | Françoise Dolto | TV movie | |
2009 | The Hedgehog | Renée Michel | |
Park Benches | Solange Renivelle | ||
Neuilly Yo Mama! | School's director | ||
2010 | Holiday | Christiane Mercier | |
2011 | A Happy Event | Claire | |
Beur sur la ville | Mamie Nova | ||
2012 | Sport de filles | Joséphine de Silène | |
Maman | Paulette Mine | ||
Mes héros | Olga | ||
2013 | Demi-soeur | Antoinette Novack | |
2014 | Aunt Hilda! | Dolorès | |
Les Gazelles
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Brigitte | ||
The law of Barbara | Barbara Malo | TV Mini-Series | |
2015 | The Roommates Party | Alexandra Leclère | |
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir | Josiane / Sarah | TV series (1 Episode) | |
2016 | Back to Mom's | Jacqueline Mazerin | |
Arrête ton cinéma | Brigitte | ||
Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous | Josephine's mother | ||
Par tous les seins | Voice | Short | |
2017 | Let the Sunshine In | Maxime | |
The New Adventures of Cinderella | Josépha | ||
2018 | Bécassine | Mademoiselle Châtaigne | |
Volontaire | Muriel Baer | ||
J'ai perdu Albert | Simone Le Couidec | ||
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
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Madame Bachelot | ||
2019 | All Inclusive | Lulu | |
Les envoûtés | Leonora Evesco | ||
Beaux-parents | Coline Rossi | ||
15 Minutes of War | Michèle Sampieri | ||
By the Grace of God | Irène Thomassin | ||
Vous êtes jeunes vous êtes beaux | Mona | ||
Le Bazar de la Charité | Madame Huchon | TV Mini-Series | |
2020 | L'esprit de famille | Marguerite | |
La pièce rapportée | Adélaïde Château-Têtard | ||
2021 | Tralala | Lili Rivière | |
C'est la vie | Dominique | ||
Mes très chers enfants | Chantal Blanc | ||
Un tour chez ma fille... | Jacqueline Mazerin | ||
2023 | Des mains en or | Martha | |
2024 | Captives | Bobotte | Post-Production |
Quand vient l'automne | Filming |
Filmmaker
Year | Title |
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1985 | Sac de noeuds
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1987 | Les keufs
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1991 | My Life Is Hell |
1995 | French Twist |
1998 | Un grand cri d'amour |
2005 | L'Ex-femme de ma vie
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2008 | Cliente
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2013 | Demi-soeur |
Box-office
Movies starring or featuring Josiane Balasko with more than one million tickets sold at movie theatres in France.
Films | Year | France (entries) | |
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1 | Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie
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2006 | 10,355,930 |
2 | Papy fait de la résistance
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1983 | 4,104,082 |
3 | French Twist | 1995 | 3,990,094 |
4 | Animal | 1977 | 3,157,789 |
5 | Le Maître d'école | 1981 | 3,015,596 |
6 | Didier | 1997 | 2,902,960 |
7 | La vengeance du serpent à plumes
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1984 | 2,663,303 |
8 | Neuilly sa mère!
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2009 | 2,517,140 |
9 | Les Bronzés
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1978 | 2,308,644 |
10 | Back to Mom's | 2016 | 2,198,341 |
11 | Les Frères Pétard
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1986 | 2,179,370 |
12 | A Crime in Paradise | 2001 | 2,137,829 |
13 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! | 1977 | 2,080,789 |
14 | Too Beautiful for You | 1989 | 2,031,131 |
15 | Grosse fatigue
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1994 | 2,015,230 |
16 | Les hommes préfèrent les grosses
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1981 | 1,931,038 |
17 | Le Père Noël est une ordure
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1982 | 1,582,732 |
18 | Les Bronzés font du ski
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1979 | 1,535,781 |
19 | The Race | 2002 | 1,456,267 |
20 | Nuit d'ivresse | 1986 | 1,381,464 |
21 | Absolument fabuleux
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2001 | 1,370,394 |
22 | My Life Is Hell | 1991 | 1,170,523 |
23 | The Roommates Party | 2015 | 1,169,659 |
24 | Neuilly sa mère, sa mère! | 2018 | 1,144,597 |
25 | Signes extérieurs de richesse | 1983 | 1,074,802 |
26 | Les Keufs
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1987 | 1,071,467 |
Theater
As actress
Year | Title | Author | Director |
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1970 | La pipelette ne pipa pas | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1971-74 | Quand j'srai grande, j'srai paranoïaque | Josiane Balasko | Vera Gregh |
1972-74 | Jeanne l'ébouriffée | Catherine Dasté | Catherine Dasté |
1975 | Silence là-dedans | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1976 | Le Pot de terre contre le pot de vin | Le Splendid | Le Splendid |
1976-77 | Ginette Lacaze | Coluche | Coluche |
Amour, coquillages et crustacés | Le Splendid | Le Splendid | |
1978-80 | Bunny's bar | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1979-80 | Le Père Noël est une ordure
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Le Splendid | Le Splendid |
1985–86 | Nuit d'ivresse | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1988-89 | L'Ex-femme de ma vie
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Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
1992-94 | Shirley Valentine | Willy Russell | Josiane Balasko |
1995–97 | Un grand cri d'amour | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2005-07 | Dernier rappel | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2010–12 | La nuit sera chaude | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2014–15 | Un grand moment de solitude | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
2016–18 | The Woman Destroyed | Simone de Beauvoir | Hélène Fillières |
2021-24 | Un chalet à Gstaad | Josiane Balasko | Josiane Balasko |
Writer
- 2004 : Cliente, it became a movie in 2008 directed and starring Balasko, with Nathalie Baye, Éric Caravaca, Isabelle Carré, Catherine Hiegel, Marilou Berry, George Aguilar, Richard Berry and Maria Schneider.
- 2006 : Parano express
- 2011 : La nuit sera chaude, it became a play in 2011-2012
- 2019 : Jamaiplu
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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1990 | César Award for Best Actress | Too Beautiful for You | Nominated |
1994 | César Award for Best Actress | Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents | Nominated |
1996 | César Award for Best Writing | French Twist | Won |
César Award for Best Film | Nominated | ||
César Award for Best Director | Nominated | ||
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release | Nominated | ||
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||
Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | Won | ||
Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best Foreign Language Film | Won | ||
2004 | César Award for Best Actress | That Woman | Nominated |
2010 | Women Film Critics Circle - Courage in Acting Award | The Hedgehog | Nominated |
2020 | César Award for Best Supporting Actress | By the Grace of God | Nominated |
See also
References
- ^ "Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Les Bronzés font du ski (1979) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses (1981) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Charts - LES ENTREES EN FRANCE - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Signes extérieurs de richesse (1983) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "La Vengeance du serpent à plumes (1984) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Le Festival International du Film de Comédie de Liège 2018, c'est parti !". 6 November 2018.
External links
- Media related to Josiane Balasko at Wikimedia Commons
- Josiane Balasko at IMDb
- Josiane Balasko at AllMovie
- Josiane Balasko in Barbara's Law on Eurochannel